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Key rules for Linux sysadmins

Network World

I spent more than 30 years managing Linux servers. Rule 1: Never do anything you can’t back out of Always be fully aware of the impact of the changes you are making on a Linux system, and know how to back out the changes if something goes wrong. Scripts should have enough comments to make them easy to read and, if necessary, modify.

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Four Attributes of Openness in Modern Communications

CTOvision

I posit that there are four key attributes that define openness in this context: documented, standardized, open sourced and inclusive. A Beginning of Openness – Documented and Supported. There are numerous examples of open source software, but the most important is Linux and its family of drivers, utilities and applications.

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Talk Tech to Me: 4 Steps for Tracing Undocumented Linux (or UNIX) Shell Scripts

Association of Information Technology Professional

You’re likely going to come across shell scripts that are not well documented and difficult to trace as a result. Here are four ways to overcome this.

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Free Courses at Linux Academy- January 2020

Linux Academy

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Free Mastery Courses.

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Free Courses at Linux Academy- February 2020

Linux Academy

How to Get a Linux Job. This course helps prepare you for applying for and successfully obtaining a Linux Job. Learn how to use the keyboard to work with your text documents, complete searches, replace text, and format. This course dives into LXC (Linux Containers) and its container manager, LXD. Free Mastery Courses.

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How to print from the Linux command line: double-sided, landscape and more

Network World

Getting your Linux system to send print jobs to your local printer might seem like a challenge, especially when you want to print double-sided or in landscape mode, but it’s really a lot easier than you might imagine. This setting represents the normal way that you would expect two-sided portrait documents to look. $

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Free Courses at Linux Academy – December 2019

Linux Academy

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job. AWS Concepts.

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